Republicans block most aid to help states plan for presidential election amid coronavirus pandemic
Source: Yahoo News
Voting reforms that would make it much easier to cast ballots by mail in the fall presidential election were left out of the $2 trillion rescue package that was unveiled Wednesday, but key lawmakers vowed to keep pushing for a series of measures that would prepare the country for an election in the likely scenario that the coronavirus will still be a major presence in the country.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said that while the $400 million included in the current package is a step in the right direction, it fell well short of what they and other Democrats had pushed for.
The money included for now will be available to states to increase the ability to vote by mail, expand early voting and online registration and increase the safety of voting in-person by providing additional voting facilities and more poll workers, one House Democratic staffer told Yahoo News.
But its a fraction of the $4 billion that House Democrats had pushed for. Those measures, along with the reforms in the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act proposed by Klobuchar and Wyden, would radically expand the ability of Americans to vote by mail in this falls elections, and would also expand early voting for up to two weeks prior to Election Day.
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